Is mac magic relevant on R81.20?

[an_technical]

Hi All,

We are already running a cluster (R81.10) with default mac magic settings.

We are now moving to VSX and configuring new firewalls in VSX. When I run command cphapob mmagic. I don't get any output but when checking clusterXL in cpview. It says mac magic is configured with 254 value.
I see in some threads. mac magic is not used after R80.40. Do we need to worry about changing mac magic on R81.20?

[the_rock · Accepted solution]

Im pretty sure you dont need to worry about it. I got the same answer from TAC once when customer asked about R81.10.

Andy

References:

https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/What-is-Magic-MAC/td-p/16729

https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solut...

http://dl3.checkpoint.com/paid/63/6357d81e3b75b5a09a422d715c3b3d79/CP_R80.10_ClusterXL_AdminGuide.pd...

https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/Verifying-Magic-Mac-r81-10/td-p/179599

[PhoneBoy · Accepted solution]

You needed to set Magic MAC in versions prior to R80.40 when multiple clusters shared the same network segment.
This should not be required in current versions.

[the_rock]

Hey @an_technical 

For what its worth, I even double checked in R82 cluster, its exact same thing, shows 254.

Andy